Maintainers tasks
This page provides step-by-step procedures for maintainers team members to perform common tasks, including onboarding new members, managing team membership, and hosting helpdesk sessions.
Onboard maintainers team
To add maintainers:
- Team lead:
- Add member to #team-maintainers.
- Add member to Github group.
- Add member to Slack group.
- Add member to the Maintainers team google calendar.
- New member:
- Add profile to About > Governance > Maintainers.
Review maintainers team membership
Note
New maintainers may be nominated by the community and join the team at any time. Maintainers maintenance is performed yearly to ensure membership is up-to-date, particularly in regards to members who wish to step down due to new or changing commitments.
To review mainterins team membership:
- Ask who wants to step down.
- Ask for nominations, discuss, and approve new members.
- Invite nominees to join.
- Once accepted, nominee and team leads perform tasks onboarding.
- Move members to alumni status on the website in About > Governance > Maintainers.
- Announce new members on #announcements.
Host helpdesk
To host a helpdesk:
- Monthly basis:
- Check to see for open slots, and make sure sign up on weekly signup sheet.
- When hosting (on the day):
- 1 hour before, advertise on social media (core) and on
#weekly-helpdesk. - Sit on community platform or huddle for one hour.
- Afterwards dump detailed notes in the Hackamd.
- Post a short summary on
#weekly-helpdesk. - Send a reminder to next weeks hosts.
- 1 hour before, advertise on social media (core) and on
Note
Hosting a helpdesk is not exclusive to maintainers and we encourage community members interested to get involved.